Subtitles by Potato Squad
2024/01/17 The day after Jeon Minkyo's murder
Did you see the news?
The BioValley corruption thing?
Fungmu's fucked now
Didn't even have waste disposal
How'd this happen in Korea?
I hear Fungmu was behind Hantang too?
They're totally getting raided
The most beloved company in the country, the Fungmu Group,
Fungmu Group
was revealed to be involved in corruption
by concealing and fabricating their waste disposal.
In addition, the murderer of Jeon Minkyo,
Lawyer Joo, the court-appointed lawyer,
was a part of Fungmu Group's legal team...
Involvement in illegal political funds and requests...
There is also evidence of stock manipulation...
The company is facing its biggest crisis yet.
2024/01/18, Morning Fungmu's Head Office
Sir.
Sir, I'm coming in.
The Fungmu Chairman Murder Case
Aigo, to think I'm at the Fungmu Group.
Assigned To The Fifth Case Detective Park
This is so fancy. As expected from Korea's biggest company.
Fungmu...
Fungmu is facing its biggest crisis in history, and this is just...
Firstly, there's a knife in his chest.
He's covered in blood too.
Let me see.
On the keyboard, with his fingers...
What is this?
Suicide note.
"All of the scandals that Fungmu has faced so far
were my fault and I will atone for my sins with my death.
Everything will proceed according to plan.
January 17, 2024.
Chairman of Fungmu Group, Kwak Gokdu."
He wrote a suicide note and in his office...
Oh?
According to plan?
Motto
According to plan
"Everything will proceed according to plan."
Detective. This is the victim's identity
Detective's Assistant Lee Jinwoo
and information of five suspects related to the victim.
You're quick today.
You were bumbling at the start, but you've grown a lot.
I've learned a lot, thanks to you.
What do you think?
Does this look like suicide?
The knife...
looks like it was really painful,
so it doesn't look like a suicide.
More than half of the knife has been stabbed into the chest.
That's not easy.
Yes.
This is definitely...
not a suicide. It's homicide.
Summon all the suspects.
Yes, I'll bring them in now.
The Fungmu Chairman Murder Case
Victim. Kwak Gokdu.
70 years old. Male.
Chairman of Korea's biggest company, Fungmu Group.
Because of the recent incidents,
he committed suicide to take responsibility for everything.
Estimated time of death: 17th of January, 8:30 - 10:00PM
However, he planned a press conference at 2PM today.
Please hurry over.
We don't have time.
Father...
Honey... Honey!
Father!
Honey, this...
There's no way my Honey committed suicide.
Who are you?
I...
I'm his wife.
Despite appearances, his wife
Are you sure?
It says here that his wife is in her 60s.
It's because I have a lump in my throat.
How could you say that when my husband just died?
It's not about your throat.
Please swap with me.
(Distancing)
Upset
So, firstly...
This case...
is being treated as a homicide.
I'm planning on finding the culprit among the five of you.
Let's step out together.
There's no reason for me to be here.
There's not even any tears.
Meeting the suspects
The first suspect, Madam Jang.
63 years old, female.
Wife of the victim, Kwak Gokdu.
The second suspect, President Key.
47 years old, male.
President of Fungmu Group and second in command.
The third suspect, Yujin Kwak.
40 years old, male.
Director of Fungmu Group
and son of victim, Kwak Gokdu.
The fourth suspect, Researcher Joo.
38 years old, female.
Researcher at Fungmu Pharmaceuticals.
The fifth suspect, Secretary Jang.
37 years old, male.
Personal secretary to Kwak Gokdu.
As you are all aware,
Fungmu Group is the biggest company in Korea, right?
The head of Fungmu has passed way.
Fungmu Group is now facing a crisis, isn't it?
About that, Lawyer... Joo?
There are many rumours that Lawyer committed murder
at the behest of Fungmu.
There is suspicion that Fungmu was behind it.
After being connected to that BioValley, Fungmu is just...
A butterfly effect from the Jeon Minkyo case
Ugh, that Lawyer Joo.
Since this is a well-known company,
I will be investigating thoroughly. So be on your toes.
Please cooperate with me.
Could you introduce yourself
and explain your relationship with Kwak Gokdu?
Would you like to start first, President?
You can think of me as the face of Fungmu Group.
I am President Key.
I'm the second in command.
Second in command...
That's why you killed him?
My father was one of the founding members.
Is that so?
There must have been power struggles.
No. There was no such thing.
Flustered?
Okay.
Next, the person beside him.
Ah. Yes, I'm...
I think she wants to speak first.
(Read the room)
Yes. Go ahead, Madam.
- May I, Secretary Jang? / - Yes.
(Tongryeong is a pun on 'President'. He's a former president.)
You know Jang Tongryeong, right?
I'm his eldest daughter.
I am the lady of the house of Fungmu, Madam Jang.
So you're like royalty.
Well, people do tell me that occasionally.
Hmph
You have everything in life,
appearances aside.
Aigo.
Being rich means that I get to ride good cars.
Not long ago, I was in an accident.
The car was fine, but my face was totalled.
(Giggle)
...A major accident?
This must have been a marriage of convenience then.
That's right.
Royalty like me
have things like this planned out even before we're born.
It was a marriage without love. Understood.
Love?
Did you love him then?
Love?
You still believe in things like that today?
Aigo.
There's a lot of drama.
A tragic heroine(?)
Now, next is Secretary Jang.
I'm the personal secretary of Chairman Kwak.
How long have you been serving him?
It's been around 2 years now.
That's not long.
I feel quite responsible for this case.
That's right. You're his personal secretary.
Right?
But you weren't with him when this happened?
Now, next is... the director.
(Doubt)
Yes, I am Yujin Kwak.
Chairman Kwak Gokdu is my father.
Father?!
- Yes, he is my father. / - Father?!
Enraged
He's my father.
How dare you call him your father.
Understood.
He is Chairman Kwak's illegitimate son, isn't he?
Don't you know your place?
Don't act like his son.
Know my place?
How uncivilised.
See how he talks?
A powder keg
What about it?
You can continue arguing later.
You can resolve your issues with her later.
Giving dysfunctional family vibes
I don't think a researcher should be here.
Are you someone who works closely with him?
Honestly, I'm not sure why I'm here either.
(Someone who got hired by a higher-up, bypassing typical hiring practices)
It's because you're a parachute hire.
(...Heh)
What?
She's just a researcher?
- Let me explain who I am. / - She's not even a genius.
I am part of the R&D Team of Fungmu Pharmaceuticals.
Chairman Kwak was the one who appointed me.
He gives me his full support.
He is my saviour to whom I'm grateful.
He keeps on calling me a parachute hire,
but that's not true.
I'm just a crazy woman.
Pardon?
(The term she used was very close to a curse word)
You're a crazy bitch?
(A clunky abbreviation)
I am a woman who is crazy for microbiology.
- A crazy woman. / - You study microbiology?
Yes, that's right.
I am a special researcher.
- Special? / - Can you give me an example of a microorganism?
Jang Dongmin.
She really is crazy.
A truly crazy girl
I've heard of that organism as well.
An organism called Jang Dongmin.
The one that gets really angry.
I do research as well.
...Yet again?
Understood.
I would like to check your alibi right now.
Based on the evidence found by forensics,
they estimate that Chairman Kwak was murdered
between 8:30 and 10PM.
If only I'd gotten off work 30 minutes later...
Were you the last person to see him?
Ah, well...
It's hard to say that I was the last to see him.
I was only at my desk.
I only go into his office when he calls me over.
My duties don't include peeking in on what he's doing.
You don't have the power to do that?
Definitely not.
Don't you inform him when you're leaving?
Yes, actually...
on the occasional day when he is working late,
I will just leave work without telling him.
So it's not clear what time you left the office.
It was at 8PM.
Madam Jang.
At around 1:40PM yesterday,
I was with him in his office for around 20 minutes.
Then I went home and was waiting for him
when I got news of his death.
I saw you leaving his office.
I saw Secretary Jang when I left his office.
When did you last see him?
I went to his office for a bit at 2PM.
I think I saw him for only 5 minutes.
5 minutes.
I saw him rushing in and out of his office.
You must've assisted him a lot as you're second in command.
There was a directors' meeting in the afternoon.
I also went to his office at around 4PM because of work.
But Secretary Jang wasn't there at that time.
You came at 4PM?
Chairman Kwak instructed me to do some work outside of the office.
So I wasn't in the office between 3 and 5:30PM.
I came back at 5:30PM.
Where did all three of you go to after getting off work?
- I went home. / - I went home too.
(Home)
(Home +1)
I went home as well.
(Home +2)
Do you live with your mother?
That woman...
Who are you calling his mother?
You're not?
I can't stand you either.
Look at that. Look at that.
He has no class at all.
She's so noisy.
You didn't meet Chairman Kwak, did you?
The last time I met him...
Ah, this time might cause a misunderstanding,
but I met him at around 8:20PM.
- 8:20PM? / - Around that time...
Did he call you over, or did you just go over?
- I just went there. / - Why?
There was something that I had to tell him at that hour
related to some research he heard about in the day.
He was very busy working at that time.
So I just left.
After that, I went home.
So everybody was home.
We will now investigate the site.
You have to share everything you find from now on.
Let's get going.
Departing for the 1st inspection
My father...
Oh, how could this happen to our company?
Investigating the scene
The night of January 17th, 2024 Fungmu Group's Head Office
Kwak Gokdu was dead in the Chairman's Office
Chairman's Office
Secretary's Office
President's Office
Laboratory
Lobby
Madam Jang's House
Yujin Kwak's House
Fungmu's Head Office
1st Inspection: Collecting clues for 15 minutes in pairs
- Secretary Jang. / - Yes, ma'am.
Team 1: Madam Jang & Secretary Jang
Shall we go to the Chairman's Office first?
Where are you going?
Me? I'll investigate on my own.
Team 2: Yujin Kwak & Researcher Joo
You're so rough.
You don't have to look at the body?
Team 3: Detective Park & President Key
No.
- You're already well-aware? / - No, no, no.
- Okay. / - I don't think I have to.
Chairman's Office
This show is all about searching for evidence.
There is an overview of Fungmu's history.
What kind of secrets are hidden here?
One wall of the office is filled by a bookshelf
How fancy.
"The Power Of Small Yet Useful Changes."
"The Millionaire Fast Lane."
Fungmu Group's Chairman, Kwak Wonjo...
"You are awarded with this plaque of appreciation
for your contribution in Jidang to the government.
Jang Tongryeong."
Oh, yes. Kwak Wonjo was his father.
So they become families with Tongryeong?
My goodness.
Seriously.
This old man must have been crazy.
The knife directly hit his heart
He made me worry right until the end of his life.
My gosh.
Someone wrote out this suicide note.
A printed suicide note
'Fungmu' is engraved on the knife.
Fungmu.
His fingers are stained with something.
Both of his hands are soaked in blood.
It looks like the blood on his hands comes from
the stab wound.
Are the stained letters on the keyboard
his dying message?
There's a J... and a G, S.
Blood on the keyboard
Researcher Joo's résumé.
(Stung?)
Birth date. 38 years old.
She's younger than me.
Johns Hopkangs School of Medicine
Doctor of Microbiology
Definitely a crazy woman
"King of Microbiology."
Rejuvenation. Ageing.
Was Chairman Kwak trying to attain immortality?
"Yesterday I heard the word of God to complete the medicine."
A diary
"It will rain from the sky."
Rain? Rain?
Sir, I never knew that you were a man of God.
God is trying to rule over Fungmu again.
Kwak Gokdu was a fanatic?
And
"Everything is my fault?"
A notepad
"Pandemic. Chemtrail."
I've heard about those before. Chemtrails.
Lawyer Joo's USB is right here.
Lawyer Joo's USB
Excuse me, sir.
(Excuse me)
JV-45.
This sounds familiar.
His inbox.
Director of Human Resources, Go Shimbok.
"Please appoint Yujin Kwak
as Fungmu BioValley's manager and the group's director."
Secretary's Office
The personal secretary should always be by his side.
Why is he always away?
How can he work like that?
Putting this case aside, he should be fired.
Motto
According to plan
Being a secretary...
What is this?
Business logs
Researcher Joo of Fungmu Pharma.
A date change for her first day?
Fungmu Pharma's schedule change for Researcher Joo
What is this?
To: Head Lawyer, Lawyer Joo
From: Fungmu Secretary Office
Lawyer Joo.
The VIP is in trouble due to Jeon Minkyo
To Lawyer Joo
The VIP is in trouble due to Jeon Minkyo regarding the construction of Fungmu BioValley's 1st plant.
regarding the construction of Fungmu BioValley's 1st plant.
They were in a crisis because of Jeon Minkyo.
To Lawyer Joo
Make sure Jeon Minkyo is found guilty in his case.
He had private meetings with Researcher. What's their relationship?
Every Wednesday / The Chairman and Researcher Joo meet privately
What's their relationship?
They only had private meetings.
Why is this...
He...
What's this?
Pigonamin-C. He threw away an unopened bottle.
Unopened Pigonamin-C
He must be crazy.
That's crazy... Oh? What?
What key is this?
A key
Is it for this?
Flinging
No?
Oh, it must be for this.
You're dead.
It was the key for this.
Feels like a huge catch
What is this? A ruling?
A court ruling
Kang Eomma.
"Approval of plans for clinical trial."
Clinical trial?
Circumstances,
Plaintiff's daughter Park Yeochin took part in Fungmu Pharma's new clinical trial, then
died suddenly a few days later.
Plaintiff's daughter, Park Yeochin... she passed away?
Madam.
Madam, is that... my office?
Yeah...
- Yes. / - Ask if you have questions.
Keeping your enemies close
That bastard is suspicious.
There's more here?
I'm sick of this. Why is there so much?
What?
Report On Pigonamin-C
There are confidential matters?
must be kept confidential
What is this now? Secretary Jang?
Secretary Jang's USB
Oh, there's something.
What?
Case files?
Secretary Namgoong?
He left his will at the office and committed suicide?
Left a note in the office, committed suicide.
"Submitted a petition to work in favour of
Choi Siljong from management."
Not guilty.
Fungmu won. Not guilty verdict.
Why does he have these things?
2020.
Death case. There's a lot of corruption here.
Embezzlement? Oh, shi...
hid embezzlement
It's over for you.
He has the company's confidential information in soft copies?
Low class people are like that.
I will start with President Key's office.
President's Office
If this is a homicide,
it's natural to think this might be related to usurpation of power.
That's why I went to President Key's office,
as he's most likely to feel that this company belongs to him.
President Key.
Commemorative pictures
He entered the company in 2000.
Became the Chief Director in 2015.
Became President in 2018. That's very fast.
Old watches.
Antiques
These look like antiques collected by his ancestors.
Even though he's much older than me,
Beauty items
his skin is still healthy and he looks so young.
The key to his preserved beauty?
I need to learn from him.
Viagura. I knew it.
All sizzle, no steak?
"Request for convening extraordinary shareholder meeting.
Discussing the stripping of
managerial rights regarding Fungmu's crisis."
Newspaper?
(Let's see...)
An article about Fungmu's corruption
And
Minkyo's petition
Does that mean there were many bad things happening?
Why is this such a mess!!!
Timez.
Magazine
After reading President Key's interview for a magazine,
I found out he's famous for looking young.
President Key is famous at Fungmu for his youthful appearance, to the point where he is
rumoured to be a vampire.
The power of modern science?
I thought he was just diligent at taking care of himself
but when I read the top part...
Chemtrail... Chemtrail?
He is known to be in charge of Fungmu's chemtrail business.
I saw that earlier. Chemtrail.
I don't like this person either.
Laboratory
Researcher Joo is weird.
Nobody knows why she was brought here.
There must be a reason for that.
Kim Dongryo's lab has
been temporarily closed due to a toxic gas leak
Kim Dongryo is in a comatose state.
Who is Kim Dongryo?
The day will come?
The day will come
What does this mean?
Research logs
"Cure for JV-45."
"Even 30g could infect as many as 200 million people."
"No progress in research on cure."
"No progress."
"Finally... success."
A Japanese medical textbook
This is in Japanese.
Researcher is fluent in Japanese?
What is oestrogen?
"Women's time. Oestrogen up"?
Female hormone supplements
Why does she need this?
"Report research progress to Chairman."
A calendar
Every Wednesday.
She gives reports on her research every Wednesday.
When did she succeed in her research?
Day of Gokdu's death
(Glance)
How dare he call me a parachute hire.
I think the true parachute hire is Director Yujin Kwak.
Yujin Kwak's House
How did he end up here?
Was something happening behind the scenes?
I think I have to dig that up.
He is full of confidence.
"Fundamental Investment."
"Business With Insights."
Why are there so many mirrors?
A mirror collector?
He has all sorts of designs?
There's a full-length mirror.
(Even a full-length mirror)
Wait, this luna...
He is crazy for mirrors.
A man crazy about mirrors
What is this? Company evaluation?
Who does he think he is to evaluate our company?
Material about Fungmu Group
Company evaluation.
First quarter's result.
Fungmu, $230 billion.
His initial surname is Ahn?
Planner: Yujin Ahn
BioValley.
Fungmu BioValley Outline
Such a pain.
This is what I'm supposed to do.
Why did he suddenly assign this to him?
A couples picture?
He has this picture?
This is ridiculous.
Displeased?
Kwak Gokdu?
To his father, "Kwak Gokdu"?!
What is this?
What did he throw away? Aigo?
My goodness.
"The truth of the Fungmu Group
A torn newspaper
revealed in Jeon Minkyo's murder." That's right.
Everything is a complete mess.
"How could this happen?"
That means this wasn't meant to happen?
A calendar
March 1st?
(March 1st is somewhat like Korea's independence day)
He's not an independence fighter.
So why did he mark March 1st?
This is someone whose existence makes me suspicious.
Madam Jang's House
Chairman Kwak, Madam Jang,
and Director Yujin Kwak. What is their relationship?
"Kwak Gokdu and Madam Jang have vowed to be married forever."
- 1965, Jang Tongryeong & Kwak Wonjo -
Madam Jang
Daughter Kwak
Kwak Gokdu
This must be their daughter.
Firstly...
Agent Jang?
What did Agent Jang...
Did she make a request?
Agent Jang. Madam Jang.
"No signs of contact between Kwak Gokdu and Ahn Naeyeon."
(Naeyeon is close to 'Mistress')
She must be his mistress.
"Nothing abnormal."
What?
She must be Ahn Naeyeon.
(Crumpled)
A family relation certificate.
Family relation certificate
Daughter Kwak
Yujin Kwak
Daughter Kwak, Yujin Kwak. "How dare he"?
Madam Jang's phone
(Eww)
Kwak Gokdu.
"You abandoned my sibling
Texts
and chose the opposition, Father Jang?"
"Everything is going as planned."
"What bullshit is that?"
Who is the sibling?
Jang Sam...
This is her brother?
(Samdeung means 3rd place)
Candidate 3, Jang Samdeung
Save the economy Save the welfare
Percentage of support for candidates.
Father Jang has a lot of supporters.
(A huge gap)
The time for inspection is over.
The 1st inspection is over
Let's go.
Okay.
(Eyes fixed)
You're not allowed to look.
- Really? / - Yes.
What?
Your time is up. You have to go now.
Bring my car around.
Yes, ma'am.
Don't you know that I can't walk more than three steps?
Did you find a lot, President Key?
After all these years, why do I know nothing about this company?
You were just a puppet for the past 25 years.
You'll be kicked out soon when there's a power struggle.
What are Fungmu's secrets
and the truth of the case?
I bet that makes you angry.
Combining all the clues
Good job, everybody.
Shall we have a drink before we start?
To catching the culprit.
Yes.
Must I drink this high quality drink with such low class people?
Just enjoy your drink.
Method acting today as well
I bet you're thirsty.
It's still good no matter how often I drink it.
Zero tastes amazing.
Shall we begin our briefing?
Who would like to go first?
Let me start.
There are two parachute hires here.
I'm a talented parachute.
At least he has reasons to be here, what about you?
Now firstly... I started by examining my father.
Angry
If you look here, you can see the knife stabbed through his heart.
A knife stuck in the heart
Did you take a close look at the knife?
There are letters carved on it, 'Fungmu'.
Fungmu?
Do you know what kind of knife that is?
Is that your father's knife?
I've only started working here recently.
I'm not sure about that, and wanted to ask.
Do you give this knife to anyone who enters the company?
No.
Or is it a knife only given to the board of directors?
No.
As far as I know, there's nothing like that.
(A knife he doesn't recognise?)
That means he was stabbed by Fungmu, not a knife.
Also, I checked his table
and found the suicide note that we saw earlier.
I recognise that everything was my fault
and I atone for my sins with my death.
I am suspicious of the note.
This looks like a memo written by my father.
Kwak Gokdu's notes
"Chemtrail. Pandemic."
"I can't believe I'm responsible for everything."
I found that memo there.
Content that contradict the note saying, "It was all my fault"
This means that the suicide note was not written by my father.
I think the murderer
wanted to blame my father for all corruption related to Fungmu.
That's why they killed him.
Was that written?
The memo? Yes, it was handwritten.
Typed suicide note
Written notes
A written memo.
And... President Key.
I think you're very interested in anti-ageing.
A disciplined man
No wonder he looks so young.
Excuse me, but how old are you?
I am 47.
I think your skin glows too much to be that old.
I thought he was the secretary at first.
I found pictures at his place too.
His face has been glowing since a few years ago.
A face that doesn't age, like a vampire
- It's been the same for years? / - Yes, for years.
But it looks like you wanted a shareholders meeting.
You wanted to terminate his management rights.
It says here that you're the one who requested it.
It's only right for him to retire.
Why did you target my father?
Because his work was a mess.
It looks like we raised a tiger.
I'm not aiming to become the Chairman.
I just don't want the Fungmu Group to go down in flames.
The money wasn't clean either.
Fungmu was the biggest culprit in that stock manipulation, right?
Ah, the Hantang Stock Manipulation Case? Well...
That was the biggest case in the country.
The Hantang Stock Scandal: The worst stock manipulation of 2020, affecting 700,000 and causing $10 billion in damages.
It's to the point where almost everybody was a victim.
He had no plans...
The person you call your father
does business without having any strategies,
to the point where I have to do a lot behind the scenes.
That's why you killed him?
- I didn't. / - You're saying that
his managerial rights should be given to you
for the company's sake?
I met him at 4PM.
I was so angry with his attitude that when I saw him,
I actually asked him to resign.
What did he say then?
"Who do you think you are to say that to me?"
At that moment,
I realised he would never resign of his own will.
So I immediately requested a shareholders meeting.
Just for me to attend.
The first thing that was suspicious...
Based on the memo and suicide note,
it looks like someone is blaming my father for everything.
President Key has the same motive as what father wrote.
What President Key wants
and the murderer's goal is the same.
The knife with the word Fungmu has some meaning to it too.
That is why I am most suspicious of President Key.
And... our parachute.
The uncivilised parachute.
I saw her résumé in my father's office.
It was there?
I bet it is.
Why is your résumé in the Chairman's Office?
That was the only résumé there.
Even mine hasn't been there.
Why Researcher Joo of all people? That's what I'm curious about.
I was thinking about that, then I saw that
she graduated from Tokyon University and Hopkangs University.
Johns Hopkangs.
Her speciality is rejuvenation.
- Research on ageing? / - She has that experience.
Yujin, is your father obsessed with ageing?
Not exactly.
Do you know anything, Madam?
Look at this hair.
If he was interested, he would have at least dyed his hair
Greying
and exercised.
He's never shown any interest in that stuff all his life.
Thank you for the information.
I went to Researcher's office.
- Since I was suspicious. / - Good.
On her table,
is an oestrogen supplement.
I am curious about that too.
Female hormone supplements
It's a female hormone supplement.
Everybody needs oestrogen.
Especially women.
From what I understand, it's for older ladies.
They take it as they need more female hormones.
Oh, are you in your 60s by any chance?
Suspecting age manipulation
She might have lied about her age...
How old are you?
She's 1 year older than me.
I am 38.
- Who knows? / - Are you certain?
- Who'd believe that? / - I'll prove it later.
No trust
Let's keep in mind
the theory that Researcher might be a grandmother.
Oestrogen is a hormone
that contains a substance that helps with hot flashes.
Yes, that's true.
You have been researching ageing
and somehow everything is falling into place.
That's just fiction.
I also checked her calendar
and she had private meetings with my father often.
It was once a week.
She visited my father every Wednesday.
What did you do when you met him?
I gave him reports about my research.
- Reports? / - What are you researching?
What is it about?
I am researching a new medicine.
The name of the medicine is JV?
'JV-45 medicine' development
Yes, that's right.
When will the research on that medicine be ready?
The cure for the JV-45 virus...
Flustered
Why are you asking me, President?
Hasn't that research been ongoing since the Joseon era?
Virus discovered by Doctor Jang = JV-45
(Was developing it 79 years ago)
- Yes. / - The cure
(Is that so?)
has yet to be found.
So I'm now in charge of the research on it.
Then I give him reports on it every Wednesday.
But it seems like she succeeded at creating the cure for JV-45.
Really?
There were a few days when there were no changes,
but on the 16th, she successfully made a cure.
In her journal.
- The day before this incident. / - Oh, really?
30g is capable of infecting 200 million people.
But now, I have created a medicine
that can cure that disease.
This is what I'm suspicious about.
As soon as I entered Researcher's laboratory,
I saw, "The day will come."
That is quite weird.
Also, the medicine was developed a day before this murder.
Does 'the day' refer to
successfully developing the medicine and meeting about it.
It's the chance to murder him!
I can understand why you would think that,
but that is just a coincidence.
I went there to report to him as usual on Wednesdays.
But I got chewed out.
Why? You succeeded.
Why?
I did succeed, but...
that research...
wasn't actually mine.
Did you steal someone else's research?
Something like that.
You're talking confidently, as if you did a good job?
But ultimately, I was the one that completed the research.
Shameless
That makes this even more suspicious.
I checked the notice board and saw that her colleagues
have either passed away or are severely hurt.
You hurt other people in order to take their research?
That's not true.
What's your relationship with Kim Dongryo and Choi Sooseok?
I don't know the people who passed away a long time ago.
I just found a note saying that
In 1990, we lost our precious colleague, Choi Sooseok to an explosion in a Fungmu Pharma experiment.
I should be careful.
After what happened to Kim Dongryo,
Kim Dongryo's lab is temporarily closed
due to a toxic gas leak
Kim Dongryo is comatose
I read through his research journal.
Although it hurt my pride,
he was way closer to having a breakthrough.
He was so close to being successful.
That's why you hurt him?
No, I have never done anything like that.
So I used the information I found in his journal
when I conducted my research,
I just a little...
(Stole it)
And, the Chairman...
found out that the research wasn't mine.
He knew that it belonged to Kim Dongryo?
Chairman Kwak found the USB that contained the research
by Kim Dongryo in my office and took it.
I searched for the USB, and found out he had it.
That's why you murdered him?
So you killed him.
Nope
You are very obsessed with microbiology.
There are many microorganisms that I want to study in the future,
I have no plans to ruin my life by murdering others.
More than anything, I was in his good graces. He was my saviour.
Who would like to challenge her?
I will now explain my research findings.
Yujin Kwak.
Why do you have so many mirrors in your room?
Yes. I wanted to ask that too.
He has a variety of mirrors
with different designs and seems too obsessed with them.
I have a narcissistic style.
Narcissism?
There's a picture of you working out.
Yes. He has many pictures of himself.
Pictures of himself
That's right.
Only his own pictures.
Signs of his brimming narcissism?
Perhaps he loves himself that much.
I think he is similar to you in that fashion, President Key.
Why are all of you so obsessed with looks?
It's because we're the ones who represent the company.
The faces of Fungmu?
Fungmu's two faces?
But I think it's quite extreme.
He is not only obsessed with his looks,
but he seems to be hardworking as well.
There is a business plan related to BioValley
Documents about Fungmu
as well as a company evaluation.
Well, I am the heir.
(I am the heir)
Based on his business plan,
he showed his determination to retain the success of BioValley.
However, when I looked in the rubbish bin,
I found a newspaper article that was torn into pieces.
An article about Fungmu's corruption
He even wrote, "How could this happen?" on the paper.
On that day, there were so many reports in the morning
about our corruption.
Since I work for Fungmu, I think it's only natural for me
to wonder that, get angry, and tear up that article.
In this situation, if it isn't Chairman Kwak,
the one who has to be responsible for everything
is Yujin Kwak.
Why?
You're the person in charge.
Is that so?
You believe that Chairman Kwak paid the price for it?
Yes.
I checked his calendar as well.
There's a note which goes, "Visiting the 1st factory site."
There are many similar notes.
I went to the later months
and saw that March 1st was marked with a circle in red pen.
Only March 1st is circled red?
What's happening on that day?
That's my birthday.
Your birthday?
Move on, we're sorry.
(Suspicious eyes)
Is that true?
That's my birthday.
I also went through her drawer
and found a picture.
A couples picture
A picture of a couple.
The man is Chairman Kwak
Chairman Kwak
and the woman is a person I've never seen before.
Is she your mother?
I looked at the back of the picture
and she wrote, "Kwak Gokdu...?"
You definitely know your father's name
as well as his face.
Why did you write that down as if you're a third party?
He didn't know at first.
Because of that woman sitting in front of me, I...
I was never able to meet my father
and was chased away to America. Do you remember?
I found that while cleaning up my late mother's things.
That's how I discovered my father.
If that's the case, Yujin would be...
the son of Chairman Kwak's true love.
- Yes. / - What are you talking about?
A wife's fury
- He married her for profit. / - Isn't that right?
That's why you chased her away to America.
It was just a one night stand.
You're saying I was from a one night stand?
Yes!
Growling again
Please focus.
I found the exact same picture
in Madam Jang's house as well.
- You saw that, right? / - She must've hated her a lot.
Even sending me to America wasn't enough...
With the same picture,
are three telegrams.
They are from Agent Jang.
You got help from that person again?
(Appearing again like a ghost)
She told him to track Kwak Gokdu and Ahn Naeyeon.
She was his client for several years.
Yes, that's right.
Even after getting married,
he came home late every single day.
It didn't feel like a newlywed's life.
I heard that there was a talented private investigator.
So I contacted him.
It's exactly what I imagined.
He had an affair.
Were you pregnant at that time?
Yes, I was!
You had Daughter Kwak?
Who would just let that slide?
Where is your daughter now?
Daughter Kwak?
She's studying.
She's the future heir of Fungmu...
She is the true heir.
She's studying as she has to take over the company.
He must've pushed his daughter away and invited Yujin.
If I had followed my heart,
I would've murdered Ahn Naeyeon.
But all I did was to tell them to go to America.
You didn't touch them?
You just told them to leave but then the child came back
to steal your daughter's spot. That's why you want to murder him.
Murder who? I'd kill the son.
Why would I murder my husband?
Wouldn't you want
to get rid of the main culprit behind this mess?
Now you're just...
Please don't talk nonsense.
You should just be silent.
Huh?!
Why are you getting angry?
Anger issues yet again today
You won't even let me talk?
Obviously, it would be great if my daughter,
Daughter Kwak, would inherit the company and be Chairwoman.
Daughter Kwak
But do you think if I killed her father to make her Chairwoman,
would me or my daughter be happy?
Secretary.
I cannot believe that
Secretary is working as a secretary
at Fungmu Group.
Did you find something on him?
I read his business logs.
Business logs
Why are you so interested in Researcher Joo?
Did you know?
It was about her first day at work.
Researcher's first day of work was delayed for 3 months.
Fungmu Pharma's schedule change for Researcher Joo
Was scheduled to arrive from the US this month (June), but changed to September for personal reasons.
He even noted his curiosity regarding
her relationship with Chairman Kwak.
Every Wednesday / The Chairman and Researcher Joo meet privately
What's their relationship?
- Why? / - I was just interested.
I'm interested in the company.
Researcher came in as a special case.
A rare event.
Chairman Kwak favours her,
and I'm curious about their special meetings too.
Secretaries usually don't dig into what happens in the office.
No, I...
just record the things that I happen to see.
You only write down the things that you see?
Yes.
What is the main product of Fungmu Group?
I'm certain that you know it.
Pigonamin-C.
That's right.
However, Secretary threw an unopened bottle of Pigonamin-C
into the rubbish bin.
There must be a reason.
But then I found this.
It seems like Pigonamin-C's
secrets were discovered by him.
- What is the secret? / - The secret?
Oh, none of you know?
Actually, Pigonamin-C...
contains opium.
Did you know, Madam?
(Did I know?)
N-No, I-I didn't.
Why are you stuttering?
I just found out about it.
I had no clue.
It's not like I did it, right?
The Fungmu Group created Pigonamin-C
and added opium to it.
has hallucinogenic ingredients (opium)
The reason the government gave the green light to sell it
is because of my father.
My father was the one who gave permission to sell that.
In return, Fungmu had to donate its land.
Condition of the deal
Secretary dug up the information and found out.
I couldn't believe Pigonamin-C, our pride, contained opium.
The shocking truth about Pigonamin-C
(Unsettled)
All of our workers drink it every day.
Encourage all the employees to drink it before starting work
If people knew about it, would they still consume it?
You drank it, didn't you?
From my father's days until today,
we believed it was a wonderful product.
But it contains opium?
There was a court ruling about it.
There was a death during clinical trials.
Park Yeochin took part in Fungmu Pharma's new clinical trial, then
died suddenly a few days later.
Park Yeochin.
Although Park Yeochin passed away,
the court has ruled that Fungmu isn't responsible for it.
Defendant is not guilty, Plaintiff's claim is dismissed.
The legal fees will be paid by the Plaintiff.
Why do you have that court ruling with you?
Park Yeochin
was my former...
girlfriend.
Really?
She worked as a part-timer by joining the clinical trial.
Then that happened to her, which made me curious.
I have my own doubts about the court ruling too. So...
You joined as a cover? To uncover secrets.
I followed procedure.
- It's after that. / - You went through it all?
- Okay. / - That's how it is.
That was it. I was just curious.
Then you should've only had information related to her.
Why do you even have a USB
that contains Fungmu Group's confidential information?!
Why does a secretary have that?
I just found out about this yesterday.
- Yesterday? / - Yesterday?
What's your career path?
I think...
it's the same USB as the one Lawyer Joo had.
Lawyer Joo has a USB.
Lawyer Joo's USB found in the Chairman's Office
Secretary Namgoong's suicide.
What? What's this USB?
Secretary Jang's USB
Wait a minute...
Aren't these the same files?
We had a town hall yesterday.
After the meeting,
I was told to get the USB that was with Lawyer Joo.
That was his order to me.
So I made a copy of that.
Copy.
A copy for blackmail?
If you were to reveal that information to the public...
I just learned about that yesterday.
You found out yesterday?
As expected, only President is worried about the company.
What's going to happen to our company?
Belatedly worrying
I started with the crime scene.
Why are you giving presidential candidate vibes?
Déjà vu?
I started by examining Chairman Kwak's body.
If he did commit suicide
and he stabbed his own heart,
his hands would either be hurt by the blade
or his hands would be covered
with blood from the wound.
Both hands covered in blood
If we were to look at this as homicide,
it means someone made Chairman Kwak hold the knife.
Or it could've been hypnosis.
He was already in his 70s.
You need a lot of power to stab someone in the heart.
I don't think it is possible for him to do it himself.
Someone wanted to disguise it as a suicide after murdering him,
so they covered his hands with blood.
Next, I read his diary.
Madam, does Chairman Kwak believe in a particular religion
or swear allegiance to any particular organisation?
I don't know. I was shocked when I saw that too.
I wondered what he was.
Everything was written in simple sentences.
Didn't it seem like a cult?
They were about God.
The sentences always start with things like
'God ordered...', 'God's will...' or 'God something'.
Let's say he was spiritually manipulated into stabbing himself.
This could be an indirect murder.
Then we have to find out his relationship with God.
I think the criminal is someone
who can actually control him.
Next, did you see the keyboard?
There are blood stains on the keyboard.
Marks he worked so hard to leave.
I don't know what it means, or if it's a dying message,
3 blood stains
but there wasn't a stain on the shift key.
So the letters are either J, G, S,
or W, R, T in English.
We don't know the sequence, do we?
No, we don't.
I think if we continue to investigate,
we will be able to find the meaning of these letters.
Next, did you look at the knife?
The shape of the knife seems like an old knife.
I went to President's room and saw that you have antiques.
Antiques
I don't think that knife would look out of place in that display.
Let's say this knife
is a knife that is given to the founding members...
Fungmu Group Father Key
It might be the sign of their pledge to one another.
The things in my room
aren't things I got from my father.
I bought all those, as part of my hobby.
I did not inherit any antiques.
Okay. Right here,
I have three questions based on the things that I saw.
I saw Madam leaving the office when I was at my desk.
You were huffing and puffing on your way out.
- There was an argument? / - You fought?
- Did you have an argument? / - You fought.
He said that he wanted to give Fungmu to that brat.
He was talking nonsense.
I was against it.
The one who will become the Chairperson of Fungmu
is our daughter, Daughter Kwak. That's what I told him.
He said, "Fine! Just go home. What's wrong with you?
I'll be going home!"
I said, "Fine, let's talk about it at home!"
After that, I left this office.
A conglomerate marital battle
After I left his office, I bumped into him in the corridor.
We bumped into each other.
She told me to get ready to take all the responsibility.
I will never let someone like you take over Fungmu.
Didn't I tell you that?
Okay. Next, Director Kwak went into the office.
What were you talking about?
I actually wasn't on my way to meet him.
I just happened to pass by.
But suddenly, she started an argument with me.
She asked if Chairman Kwak told me to get ready
and started to threaten me.
That made me anxious.
That's why I went to meet Chairman Kwak.
I asked what will happen to me.
He said he'll make an announcement at the press conference.
He told me to leave and I did.
I was only there for 5 minutes.
- You're in a hopeless situation. / - This is the last question.
This is a general question for everyone.
After I met him...
the Chairman gave me a task outside the office.
My duty was
to go to Fungmu Airlines and change a flight's schedule.
He wanted me to get the schedule for March.
Where did he want to go?
I thought it was for something related to chemtrails.
Does anybody know anything about it?
- I do. / - In March?
I met him at 4PM.
In the press conference,
we will distract people's attention
by changing the chemtrail project from August to March 1st.
You wanted to distract people from the case?
Yes. I also sent a text saying I gave orders to my secretary.
Chairman Kwak requested that we changed the date to March 1st.
Okay. That's all I have.
Madam Jang, well...
You were very upset to see Yujin Kwak's name in
the family registry, right?
A family relation certificate.
Family relation certificate
I also found...
Corruption that was related to BioValley.
An article about the corruption
Chairman Kwak was aware of all of the risk,
and instead of making his daughter the chairperson,
perhaps he'd make his illegitimate son the Chairman
and resolve everything quickly.
Because there's no reason to add the illegitimate son to the registry.
So when I think of Yujin Kwak, I wondered,
why so suddenly?
It wouldn't be unfair for Daughter Kwak to be registered,
but why Yujin Kwak?
So he wants to use and get rid of Yujin?
I don't know if he'll get rid of him,
- but for this risky company... / - That's not true.
After registering Yujin Kwak in his family registry,
Yujin Kwak will be the leader of Fungmu BioValley
Yujin learned of the corruption through the news.
How could this happen...
That would've made him angry.
"How could Chairman Kwak do this to me?"
That means Chairman Kwak is a scary person.
Let me add some more information.
I kept thinking he would actually go to America.
But he didn't go a single time.
I have something to say about that.
You are so shameless.
You're saying they didn't keep in touch?
Shocked
Are you lying right now?
Me? I'm not lying?
I'm not lying.
I don't even know how to lie.
Tell us.
There's a reason my father couldn't go to America.
December 25th was the first time I returned to Korea.
December 25th of last year.
Back then, I brought my mother's picture with me.
I told my father that my mother missed him a lot.
But he started to cry and said he didn't know what happened.
He didn't know we were in America.
That's why he couldn't find me. Or my mother.
He didn't know?
That's why he cried.
"I didn't know that you were alive."
"What an inconvenience!" Wasn't it something like that?
That's right!
"Why are you suddenly here?
Our company is already in trouble."
"I'll let my illegitimate son take all the risk!" Wasn't that it?
Be quiet.
Be quiet
And so...
Whimpering
My mother...
To apologise to me, he gave me the bio company.
But I only found out it was risky after it was in the news.
Back then, it had a bright future.
He said he'll give it to me and told me to manage it.
Then he'd name me as his heir.
That's why I accepted his offer.
Was Chairman Kwak aware that Ahn Naeyeon
was pregnant before she went to America?
I'm not sure of that either.
Did he know?
In my opinion,
he's not even my husband's son.
What do you mean?
Flustered
You can't just say random things because you hate me.
- That's nonsense. / - I'm right.
Next is Researcher Joo.
I saw on Secretary's table that Researcher's starting date
changed from June to September 2022.
Was scheduled to arrive from the US this month (June), but changed to September
for personal reasons.
The reason stated was personal reasons.
What happened?
After I decided to join Fungmu Group,
I went to Thailand to relax.
Really?
There must've been something happening in those 3 months.
Not at all.
There's something Thailand is well-known for.
A sex change?
I just... I just went there for a trip.
During my trip,
I was hit by a tuk-tuk.
Does that make sense?
You expect us to believe that?!
Even as I was saying it, I thought it was ridiculous.
From what I know, it was some kind of accident.
The tuk-tuk...
Are you sure that it was an accident?
- With a tuk-tuk? / - Please don't laugh.
Only I can laugh about it.
A funny but sad alibi
I got in an accident with a tuk-tuk.
(Tuktuk has slow implications as a Korean word)
How slow do tuk-tuks move? That's why they're called that.
You got hit by a tuk-tuk and stayed for 3 months?
So I called Chairman Kwak and informed him that
I couldn't start right away.
I told him that I had to take a break.
He agreed and understood my situation.
I was so grateful.
Besides Researcher's delayed start date,
the secret research that this company was conducting is
on JV-45,
I also found Chairman Kwak's mysterious diary.
When I put all of these together,
it helped me to look at the bigger picture.
Putting his death aside,
what's the dark secret that this company is hiding?
This is from his diary entry on March 31st, 2015.
"It's time to make the medicine."
Next, the entry on August 3rd, 2020,
he wrote "It will rain from the sky."
Raining from the sky.
Chemtrail. Is this just a coincidence?
Now, this might be a bit of a stretch, but maybe...
he wanted to expose people to some chemical through artificial rain
in order to conduct a large human experiment,
and there were complications.
There's a note saying there's a delay in the chemtrails.
Then there are the words, 'Pandemic', 'Red Herring',
and 'Cure', which is unresolved.
After hearing what you said,
in order for pharmaceutical companies to survive...
They need to sell medicine. There has to be disease.
Let's say we create artificial rain, and with the rain,
a disease that's never been seen before breaks out...
If a virus breaks out?
If they managed to create and monopolise a cure
for the disease that Researcher found,
that would make the company look extremely evil.
Researcher was developing the cure for JV-45 and succeeded.
The only people who are aware of this
are my father and Researcher Joo.
Let's say she killed my father.
If the plan for chemtrails continues
and Researcher is the one who releases the cure,
she would earn a fortune, wouldn't she?
I will now cast my first vote.
Who will get the detective's vote?
I'll brief you on why I chose this person.
In this situation, we would usually suspect the wife.
But I think she just has anger issues.
Just anger management issues?
She has anger issues fuelled by jealousy.
Some might think that he wants revenge against his father.
But that's a contrived reason to kill your father.
So putting those two people aside,
(Yujin and Madam are out)
there are three employees left.
As for Researcher,
I'll buy your tuk-tuk story.
I'll exempt you as well, since I found nothing on you.
(The tuk-tuk victim(?) is out)
Now, then...
Would a desire for revenge against someone who destroyed
the company his father dedicated his life to be stronger?
Or is revenge for a girlfriend stronger?
For now...
I'll throw my weight on this person.
Who does Detective Park think the criminal is?
No!
Really?
If it was me, I wouldn't have used that knife.
There are still many things left to uncover.
Who killed Chairman Kwak?
We have to sift through this conflict
that's as long as the Fungmu Group's history.
Let's get going.
Let's go.
Back to the scene for the clues they missed
Where should we go first?
The tuk-tuk.
The tuk-tuk?
Let's look for a receipt for that tuk-tuk.
The scene reveals the criminal
We can each go to where we're suspicious of, right?
President Key.
What?
What is this?
Fungmu Group
President
President Key
Hold on.
S-S-Something is weird here.
Take a look at this.
There's something on top of the name plaque.
- President... / - Well...
- Oh, what?! / - What?
Chairman?
Are you the Chairman?
Who is this guy?
I wanted to become the Chairman.
No...
Does this make sense?
Yujin, even you dream of becoming the Chairman.
I do, but I don't do shady things like this.
Brooding(?) desires
Who actually does this, when buying a name plaque?
If you don't share blood with him,
you can't be Chairman, even if you're as good as me.
That's why I did this. So what?
I can't be Chairman, anyway.
Nothing will change, even if were to kill him.
Search the mattress.
Raiding Yujin's house
Okay.
Check very carefully.
I found this under the mattress, Detective.
Let's take a look.
This must be his mother's diary.
He has his mother's diary.
Yujin's mother
It has his mother struggling in America.
She opened a launderette in America.
Ahn Naeyeon
"I miss Kwak Gokdu so much tonight...
If it weren't for her, we would have been happy."
"I eat alone..."
(Lyrics to SISTAR's Alone)
"I eat alone. I watch movies alone.
I sing alone, and I cry and cry every day."
But isn't this strong enough to build a case against him?
Yes. Nothing intrigues me now.
There are so many mirrors.
There's something to them.
Hiding mirrors means they're insecure.
Looking at their face constantly means...
Did he get plastic surgery?
Plastic surgery?
Raiding Researcher Joo's laboratory
Why can't I find anything?
A plane ticket
Where did she go?
('Hello' in Thai)
Sawadi Kap.
- Yes? / - What is this?
That was from my trip to Thailand.
- What did you do there? / - Ticket.
I was resting. I did a mukbang, lined up at famous eateries...
- She did a mukbang? / - I got a massage.
But then I got hurt while I was relaxing.
So I returned to Korea... I came back and...
So you really went to Thailand? It wasn't a lie?
I thought you were crazy.
You're saying that you didn't do anything, right?
Yes.
Really? So you're just taking oestrogen?
We need to focus on other things.
Raiding me is a waste of time
(A dying message?)
I found something.
- What? Where? / - What is it, ahjumma?
- What is it? / - Whether it's in English or Korean,
the sequence is...
G, S, J.
Why?
G has the most amount of blood.
The order based on blood?
The next most, then the next most.
Oh, I just got goosebumps.
- What do you think? / - I think that's true.
- Right? / - Stop fishing for compliments.
(Praise me)
Good job. Good job.
In front of your dead husband...
Have you found Chairman Kwak's phone?
I couldn't find it.
Our phones...
Secretary, do you have a phone?
This is his phone.
This is mine.
(Mine as well...)
It's like an actor's picture.
- Give it to me. / - This is mine.
(Jung Botong means 'Informant')
Jung Botong?
Who is Jung Botong?
"Lawyer Joo has been chosen
Texts
as the suspect for Jeong Minkyo's murder."
That's not important.
In order for me to get that kind of information...
He's too involved in things for a secretary.
But...
look at this, ahjumeoni.
You called me 'ahjumeoni'?
You're the ahjumeoni.
This is the order to change it to March 1st.
Texts
- Yes. / - But March 1st...
is an important date for him.
My birthday.
But doesn't changing the date to March 1st
mean there's something going on?
That was why I wondered why March 1st.
There's something to this.
Hold on.
The only 'God'.
Oh? Wait.
A button.
What?
No way...
Press it. Press it. Press it.
I got goosebumps!
I got chills.
I actually got goosebumps.
I got goosebumps.
How did he manage to deceive everybody?
The prettiest person here is the criminal.
It's not me!
Why are you suspicious of me? It's not me.
There is no evidence at all.
There's nothing.
Look into my eyes.
There's something here... Over here...
Madam is acting.
That is one of my specialities.
I told you, I was the culprit!
I wondered when it was my turn.
I wondered when it'd be me.